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A couple of months ago I replaced my pfsense firewall with a small fortigate. I've also acquired 2 fortinet switches and 3APs. My existing home network looks something like this, a mixture of vendors and gear I've acquired over the past 5 years. I wanted to
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I haven't touched a switch of any kind in my bathroom for months, it feels like magic, and it's all thanks to the Aqara FP2. I've tried to setup some presence based home assistant automations in the past using PIR motion sensors, but they&
home assistant
A couple of weekends ago, I installed our home's first mini-split. Our home has two existing forms of conditioning - an oil fired boiler in the basement feeds hydronic baseboard radiators, and a hearthstone wood stove in the living room. The wood stove is great and practically free
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I've been using every home assistant user's favorite NVR, Frigate, for a couple of years. The majority of my property is covered by hardwired Reolink RLC-520As - these aren't on Frigate's recommended hardware list, but they're frequently on sale in